07-02-2004, 07:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2004, 03:52 PM by CelticHound.)
I see it as a fresh start for building empires. B)
Still, we don't know there won't be a 1.11 patch available with the new season.
Things that would require a new patch include anything requiring new graphics or text strings. Even simple palette shifts for items have to be in the local MPQ. That implies no new items or affixes, sets, monster types without a patch. Also any changes to skills or affixes that get displayed on the character screen require a patch. (I think those display values are calculated locally.)
Fair game without a patch: Altering game mechanics that are handled server-side. Gamble items available and set/rare/unique chances. New cube recipes. Enabling runewords that already exist in the MPQs. Monster levels, life, damage & treasure classes. But there are limits - for example, they can only tweak Faster R/W and monster speed so much on the server before there needs to be a patch so the client can stay somewhat in synch with the server.
adeyke, can affix probability be different serverside, now? It used to be that an item's affixes were always decoded from the seeds, but that's not true anymore is it? Also what about vendor prices? Do those come from the server or are they calculated locally for display?
As a bottom line, though, if they add any new ladder only uniques, there will need to be a patch, which ought to include the existing 1.10 server-side fixes.
Nicator
-- CH
(being an honourary variant scum has it's advantages)
(edit: fix typo and wrestle with this board's sucky handling of quote tags)
lfd,Jun 30 2004, 02:37 AM Wrote:...and screw all you single-players, because we don't care about you. You're stuck with the idiot bugs which make hardcore single player a lottery at best. Come and play on our ladder!Fortunately for the single player, there's Nobbie.
Still, we don't know there won't be a 1.11 patch available with the new season.
Yogi_Baar Wrote:Would fixing the NM FE bug qualify as a server-side content update? What actually DOES qualify as server-side content? Anything MPQ related?Really it means anything that doesn't require a downloading a patch.
Things that would require a new patch include anything requiring new graphics or text strings. Even simple palette shifts for items have to be in the local MPQ. That implies no new items or affixes, sets, monster types without a patch. Also any changes to skills or affixes that get displayed on the character screen require a patch. (I think those display values are calculated locally.)
Fair game without a patch: Altering game mechanics that are handled server-side. Gamble items available and set/rare/unique chances. New cube recipes. Enabling runewords that already exist in the MPQs. Monster levels, life, damage & treasure classes. But there are limits - for example, they can only tweak Faster R/W and monster speed so much on the server before there needs to be a patch so the client can stay somewhat in synch with the server.
adeyke, can affix probability be different serverside, now? It used to be that an item's affixes were always decoded from the seeds, but that's not true anymore is it? Also what about vendor prices? Do those come from the server or are they calculated locally for display?
As a bottom line, though, if they add any new ladder only uniques, there will need to be a patch, which ought to include the existing 1.10 server-side fixes.
Nicator
Quote:Aye, ladder gaming is ruined due to bots/dupers/hackers.Huh? I've encountered hardly any of that on USWest. But then I'm hardly ever in chat, and in my one visit to the 1.10 trade channels, all I did was swap an Ort rune for a Goldwrap. I think you only have yourself to blame - playing in random pubbies is equivalent to reading/posting in the b.net forums as opposed to the Lounge - only expect to do it for the amusement value and if you hook up with some good players, that's a bonus.
-- CH
(being an honourary variant scum has it's advantages)
(edit: fix typo and wrestle with this board's sucky handling of quote tags)